​​Q: The key to a happy life, what does it really mean to You? I thought that the only key to a happy life is to depend upon yourself, and to live your life the way you want.

SM: It’s not we living our lives the way we want that brings happiness. This most often brings disasters.

If we live our lives the correct way, then we are free. And then of course we will be happy.

In everything, there is some judgement and some kind of definite way.

For example, we say, “I have a car, I can drive anywhere I want.” That will bring problems. But if we drive on the proper road and with the proper attention, then of course we will be at our destination very fast.

If we run all over the place, we will bring trouble to ourselves; even though we call that freedom.

Freedom without discipline will bring disaster. And the way many of us lead our lives brings misery, as you can see all around you.

Therefore, there is a definite way to lead our lives in order to have true and lasting happiness.

That is the life of a gentlemen, that is the life of a sage, who does things according to the universal harmony, and not according to the dictation of the restless mind.